This is a timeline and chronology of the

history History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the History of writing#Inventions of writing, invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbr ...

Brooklyn Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, be ...

New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States New York may also refer to: Film and television * '' ...

. Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's

boroughs A borough is an administrative division in various English-speaking countries. In principle, the term ''borough'' designates a self-governing walled town, although in practice, official use of the term varies widely. History In the Middle Ag ...

, and was settled in 1646.

17th century

* 1646 – Village of "Breuckelen" on the western end of

Long Island Long Island is a densely populated island in the southeastern region of the U.S. state of New York (state), New York, part of the New York metropolitan area. With over 8 million people, Long Island is the most populous island in the United Sta ...

authorized by the colonizing

Dutch West India Company The Dutch West India Company ( nl, Geoctrooieerde Westindische Compagnie, ''WIC'' or ''GWC''; ; en, Chartered West India Company) was a chartered company of Dutch merchants as well as foreign investors. Among its founders was Willem Usselincx ( ...

for their North American colony of

New Netherland New Netherland ( nl, Nieuw Nederland; la, Novum Belgium or ) was a 17th-century colonial province of the Dutch Republic that was located on the East Coast of the United States, east coast of what is now the United States. The claimed territor ...

. Named after the town of

Breukelen Breukelen () is a town and former municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht. It is situated to the north west of Utrecht, along the river Vecht and close to the lakes of the Loosdrechtse Plassen, an area of natural and tourist ...

in the province of

Utrecht Utrecht ( , , ) is the List of cities in the Netherlands by province, fourth-largest city and a List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality of the Netherlands, capital and most populous city of the Provinces of the Netherlands, pro ...

in the Netherlands, "the old country". * 1652 – The

Wyckoff House The Wyckoff House, or Pieter Claesen Wyckoff House, is a historic house at 5816 Clarendon Road in the Canarsie neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City. The house is within Milton Fidler Park. It is situated on land that Wouter van Twiller pu ...

is estimated to have been built in 1652, one of the first structures built by Europeans on Long Island. Only a small section remains from 1652. It was declared a

National Historic Landmark A National Historic Landmark (NHL) is a building, district, object, site, or structure that is officially recognized by the United States government for its outstanding historical significance. Only some 2,500 (~3%) of over 90,000 places listed ...

in 1967. and and is owned by New York City but is operated by a nonprofit agency. * 1654 - Municipal privileges of Brooklyn enlarged. * 1658

Old Gravesend Cemetery Old Gravesend Cemetery is a historic cemetery at Gravesend Neck Road and McDonald Avenue in Gravesend, Brooklyn, New York, New York. The cemetery was founded about 1658 and contains the graves of a number of the original patentees and their fami ...

–

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

, a

cemetery A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite or graveyard is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek , "sleeping place") implies that the land is specifically designated as a buri ...

(now at Gravesend Neck Road and McDonald Avenue in

Gravesend Gravesend is a town in northwest Kent, England, situated 21 miles (35 km) east-southeast of Charing Cross (central London) on the Bank (geography), south bank of the River Thames and opposite Tilbury in Essex. Located in the diocese of Ro ...

), was founded about 1658 and contains the graves of a number of the original patentees and settlers with their families. ''See also:'' * 1664 – Dutch (

Governor A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...

)

Peter Stuyvesant Peter Stuyvesant (; in Dutch also ''Pieter'' and ''Petrus'' Stuyvesant, ; 1610 – August 1672)Mooney, James E. "Stuyvesant, Peter" in p.1256 was a Dutch colonial officer who served as the last Dutch director-general of the colony of New Net ...

surrenders the colony to the

Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against F ...

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

fleet under the authority of the James, the Duke of York.

becomes the

Province of New York The Province of New York (1664–1776) was a British proprietary colony and later royal colony on the northeast coast of North America. As one of the Middle Colonies, New York achieved independence and worked with the others to found the Uni ...

. * 1665 – perhaps Brooklyn's first murder trial, Albert Cornelis Wantenaer was found guilty of manslaughter for the death in

Wallabout Bay Wallabout Bay is a small body of water in Upper New York Bay along the northwest shore of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, between the present Williamsburg and Manhattan Bridges. It is located opposite Corlear's Hook in Manhattan, acros ...

of Barent Jansen Blom. * 1677

New Utrecht Reformed Church New Utrecht Reformed Church is the fourth oldest Reformed Church in America congregation and is located in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York. The church was established in 1677 by ethnic Dutch residents in the town of New Utrecht, Brooklyn, several ...

established of the

Dutch Reformed Church The Dutch Reformed Church (, abbreviated NHK) was the largest Christian denomination in the Netherlands from the onset of the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century until 1930. It was the original denomination of the Dutch Royal Family and ...

and is the fourth oldest church in Brooklyn. Both the church and the cemetery are listed in the

. ''See also:''

18th century

* 1700 –

built. * 1744 –

Joost Van Nuyse House Joost Van Nuyse House, also known as the Ditmas Coe House, is a historic home located in Flatlands, Brooklyn, New York, New York. The original section was built in 1744 and enlarged between 1793 and 1806. It was moved to its present site in 192 ...

, original section was built in 1744 and enlarged between 1793 and 1806. It was moved to its present site in 1925. It is a -story frame house with a steeply pitched flared roof. ''See also:'' and was listed on the

in 2006. * 1766 –

Wyckoff-Bennett Homestead The Wyckoff-Bennett-Mont Homestead in Flatlands, Brooklyn, New York City, is a National Historic Landmark. It is believed to have been built before 1766. During the American Revolution, it housed Hessian soldiers, two of whom, Captain Toepf ...

is believed to have been built before 1766. During the

American Revolution The American Revolution was an ideological and political revolution that occurred in British America between 1765 and 1791. The Americans in the Thirteen Colonies formed independent states that defeated the British in the American Revolut ...

, it housed Hessian soldiers for the

British Army The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. , the British Army comprises 79,380 regular full-time personnel, 4,090 Gurk ...

. It was declared a

in 1976. * 1776 ** June 22 - Mayor

David Mathews David Mathews ( – July 28, 1800) was an American lawyer and politician from New York City. He was a Loyalist during the American Revolutionary War and was the 43rd and last Colonial Mayor of New York City from 1776 until 1783. As New York City ...

was arrested in Flatbush on orders from

George Washington George Washington (February 22, 1732, 1799) was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Appointed by the Continental Congress as commander of th ...

related to his suspected involvement in the

Hickey Plot A hickey, hickie or love bite in British English, is a bruise or bruise-like mark caused by kissing or sucking skin, usually on the neck, arm, or earlobe. While biting may be part of giving a hickey, sucking is sufficient to burst small superfici ...

to kill him. ** August 27 –

Battle of Long Island The Battle of Long Island, also known as the Battle of Brooklyn and the Battle of Brooklyn Heights, was an action of the American Revolutionary War fought on August 27, 1776, at the western edge of Long Island in present-day Brooklyn, New Yo ...

(also known as the "Battle of Brooklyn" or the "Battle of Brooklyn Heights"), the largest battle in the

American Revolutionary War The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was a major war of the American Revolution. Widely considered as the war that secured the independence of t ...

starts. British Army wins, beginning the

New York and New Jersey campaign The New York and New Jersey campaign in 1776 and the winter months of 1777 was a series of American Revolutionary War battles for control of the Port of New York and New Jersey, Port of New York and the state of New Jersey, fought between Kingdom ...

. The British set up a system of

prison ships A prison ship, often more accurately described as a prison hulk, is a current or former seagoing vessel that has been modified to become a place of substantive detention for convicts, prisoners of war or civilian internees. While many nation ...

anchored in Brooklyn's

, where more American patriot soldiers and civilian captives died than on all the battlefields, combined. * 1780 – Fort Brooklyn constructed in

Brooklyn Heights Brooklyn Heights is a residential neighborhood within the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The neighborhood is bounded by Old Fulton Street near the Brooklyn Bridge on the north, Cadman Plaza West on the east, Atlantic Avenue on the south, an ...

area along east bank of the

East River The East River is a saltwater tidal estuary in New York City. The waterway, which is actually not a river despite its name, connects Upper New York Bay on its south end to Long Island Sound on its north end. It separates the borough of Queens ...

by the British Army, then occupying

New York Town ''New York Town'' is a 1941 American romantic comedy film directed by Charles Vidor and starring Fred MacMurray, Mary Martin, Akim Tamiroff, and Robert Preston. The film was written by Lewis Meltzer and an uncredited Preston Sturges based on a ...

and

Manhattan Manhattan (), known regionally as the City, is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City. The borough is also coextensive with New York County, one of the original counties of the U.S. state ...

, near Fort Stirling (named for Patriot general, also called "

Lord Stirling William Alexander, also known as Lord Stirling (1726 – 15 January 1783), was a Scottish-American major general during the American Revolutionary War. He was considered male heir to the Scottish title of Earl of Stirling through Scottish line ...

"). Later razed for housing development by 1823–1825. * 1783 – " Evacuation Day", November 25,

British British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, ...

forces leave New York and Manhattan under terms of

Treaty of Paris Treaty of Paris may refer to one of many treaties signed in Paris, France: Treaties 1200s and 1300s * Treaty of Paris (1229), which ended the Albigensian Crusade * Treaty of Paris (1259), between Henry III of England and Louis IX of France * Trea ...

after occupation of seven years. Gen.

and his officers of the

Continental Army The Continental Army was the army of the United Colonies (the Thirteen Colonies) in the Revolutionary-era United States. It was formed by the Second Continental Congress after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War, and was establis ...

take control. * 1786 –

Erasmus Hall High School Erasmus Hall High School was a four-year public high school located at 899–925 Flatbush Avenue between Church and Snyder Avenues in the Flatbush neighborhood of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It was founded in 1786 as Erasmus Hall Ac ...

– oldest public high school in the city, founded as Erasmus Hall Academy, a private school. Later joined by free academy in the 1840s as the first

public high school State schools (in England, Wales, Australia and New Zealand) or public schools (Scottish English and North American English) are generally primary or secondary schools that educate all students without charge. They are funded in whole or in pa ...

, which later becomes

City College of New York The City College of the City University of New York (also known as the City College of New York, or simply City College or CCNY) is a public university within the City University of New York (CUNY) system in New York City. Founded in 1847, Cit ...

. Wooden schoolhouse p.638 was opened in 1787. Later wings were added and removed. * 1788 –

New York State New York, officially the State of New York, is a state in the Northeastern United States. It is often called New York State to distinguish it from its largest city, New York City. With a total area of , New York is the 27th-largest U.S. stat ...

debates and ratifies the new

Constitution A constitution is the aggregate of fundamental principles or established precedents that constitute the legal basis of a polity, organisation or other type of Legal entity, entity and commonly determine how that entity is to be governed. When ...

to replace the previous

Articles of Confederation The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union was an agreement among the 13 Colonies of the United States of America that served as its first frame of government. It was approved after much debate (between July 1776 and November 1777) by ...

and Perpetual Union. * 1790 – Small population recorded for the villages of Brooklyn and Brooklyn Heights on the western end of

in the first decennial United States Census of 1790. * 1797 – Population: 1,603 recorded in newly published reference book ''The American Gazetteer''.

19th century

1800s

USS Enterprise (1874) at the New York Navy Yard

* 1800 – small population for the budding village on the western end of

, recorded in the

1800 United States Census The United States census of 1800 was the second census conducted in the United States. It was conducted on August 4, 1800. It showed that 5,308,483 people were living in the United States, of whom 893,602 were enslaved. The 1800 census include ...

* 1801 –

Brooklyn Navy Yard The Brooklyn Navy Yard (originally known as the New York Navy Yard) is a shipyard and industrial complex located in northwest Brooklyn in New York City, New York. The Navy Yard is located on the East River in Wallabout Bay, a semicircular bend ...

established and begins construction along the eastern bank of the

by the new

United States Department of the Navy The United States Department of the Navy (DoN) is one of the three military departments within the Department of Defense of the United States of America. It was established by an Act of Congress on 30 April 1798, at the urging of Secretary o ...

. Was repeatedly enlarged in the next century and a half. * 1804 –

Martin Kalbfleisch Martin Kalbfleisch (February 8, 1804 – February 12, 1873) was a Dutch pioneer in the chemical industry, mayor of the city of Brooklyn, New York, and a United States representative from New York during the American Civil War. He served one term ...

(February 8, 1804 – February 12, 1873) manufacturer, Mayor of the City of Brooklyn from 1861 to 1863, including the time of the

American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states th ...

and again after the war from 1867 to 1871. Later a

United States representative The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they ...

from Brooklyn. * 1805-06 – " Quarters 'A'" built as residence of the Commander of the

. * John Ward Hunter (October 15, 1807 – April 16, 1900) was born in Bedford (now known as Bedford-Stuyvesant), Brooklyn and in 1875 and 1876 was

Mayor of Brooklyn Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, behi ...

. * 1809 – ''Long Island Star'' newspaper begins publication. * 1810 –

Henry C. Murphy Henry Cruse Murphy (July 5, 1810 – December 1, 1882) was an American lawyer, politician and historian. During his political career, he served as Mayor of Brooklyn, a member of the United States House of Representatives, U.S. Minister to the N ...

is born in Brooklyn, (1810–1882)

in 1842.

1810s

* 1816 ** The incorporation under the laws and

of the

State of New York New York, officially the State of New York, is a state in the Northeastern United States. It is often called New York State to distinguish it from its largest city, New York City. With a total area of , New York is the 27th-largest U.S. state ...

of the Village of Brooklyn. ** Population of the town of Brooklyn about 4,500. * 1819 –

Casemate Fort, Whiting Quadrangle Casemate Fort, Whiting Quadrangle, also known as "Old Casemate," Officers Club Bldg. #207, Sentry Booth #220, and Fort Hamilton Community Club, is a historic building located in Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn, New York, New York. The old fort was designed ...

was designed in 1819 and built between 1825 and 1836. It is a historic building located in

Fort Hamilton Fort Hamilton is a United States Army installation in the southwestern corner of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, surrounded by the communities of Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights. It is one of several posts that are part of the region which is ...

, in

. and was listed on the

in 1974.

1820s

* 1820 – is launched from the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Missions include suppressing the

slave trade Slavery and enslavement are both the state and the condition of being a slave—someone forbidden to quit one's service for an enslaver, and who is treated by the enslaver as property. Slavery typically involves slaves being made to perf ...

off the coast of west Africa. * 1823 – Apprentices' Library Association formed. ** After the occupying British evacuation, Fort Brooklyn was leveled between 1823 and 1825 for development. * 1827 – James Street Market built. * 1828 –

established and is the fourth oldest church in Brooklyn. In 1828, The present church was built in 1828 of stones taken from the original church, built in 1700. * 1829 – Coney Island House opens.

1830s

John Rankin House 440 Clinton Street Brooklyn

* 1830 ** Construction starts on what would become the

Fulton Ferry District Fulton Ferry is a small area adjacent to Dumbo in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The neighborhood is named for the Fulton Ferry, a prominent ferry line that crossed the East River between Manhattan and Brooklyn, and is also the name of t ...

''See also:'' Today the area holds many popular attractions and is listed on the

. * 1833 **

First Unitarian Congregational Society First Unitarian Congregational Society in Brooklyn is a Unitarian Universalist congregation in Brooklyn, NY. The Society was established in 1833 and has been worshiping in its historic Gothic Revival Sanctuary since 1844. The Sanctuary is adorned ...

established, designed by architect

Minard Lafever Minard Lafever (1798–1854) was an American architect of churches and houses in the United States in the early nineteenth century. Life and career Lafever began life as a carpenter around 1820. At this period in the United States there were no ...

, marking the beginning of the

Gothic Revival Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic, neo-Gothic, or Gothick) is an architectural movement that began in the late 1740s in England. The movement gained momentum and expanded in the first half of the 19th century, as increasingly ...

style of architecture in Brooklyn. ** U.S. Naval Lyceum founded, (precursor to the

U.S. Naval Academy The United States Naval Academy (US Naval Academy, USNA, or Navy) is a United States Service academies, federal service academy in Annapolis, Maryland. It was established on 10 October 1845 during the tenure of George Bancroft as Secretary of ...

Annapolis, Maryland Annapolis ( ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Maryland and the county seat of, and only incorporated city in, Anne Arundel County. Situated on the Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Severn River, south of Baltimore and about east o ...

), Commodore

Matthew C. Perry Matthew Calbraith Perry (April 10, 1794 – March 4, 1858) was a commodore of the United States Navy who commanded ships in several wars, including the War of 1812 and the Mexican–American War (1846–1848). He played a leading role in the o ...

is instrumental in its founding. * 1834 ** Village of Brooklyn, and now growing town, is incorporated as a city. ** Old First Reformed Church built. **

George Hall George Hall may refer to: People The arts * George Hall (actor) (1916–2002), Canadian-American actor * George Hall (musician) (c. 1893 – c. 1989), American bandleader * George Hall (cartoonist) (born 1960), Australian comic book writer and ...

is elected as the First Mayor of the new City of Brooklyn and served just one year, 1834. ** Population 23,310. * 1835 ** Jonathan Trotter is elected the second Mayor of Brooklyn and served from 1835 to 1836. * 1837 ** The 9-gun, side-wheel steamer (Fulton II) is launched from the

and is the first

U.S. Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage o ...

steam-powered warship assigned to sea duty. ** Jeremiah Johnson is elected the third Mayor of Brooklyn and served from 1837 to 1838. * 1838 **

Green-Wood Cemetery Green-Wood Cemetery is a cemetery in the western portion of Brooklyn, New York City. The cemetery is located between South Slope/ Greenwood Heights, Park Slope, Windsor Terrace, Borough Park, Kensington, and Sunset Park, and lies several bl ...

established. ** James Weeks, an African-American freedman from Virginia, buys the land which marks the beginning of Weeksville, which grows to be the largest independent Negro town in the nation before the Civil War * 1839 – Cyrus P. Smith is elected the

and served from 1839 to 1841.

1840s

* 1840 – John Rankin House (Brooklyn, New York) – Greek Revival.

New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) is the New York City agency charged with administering the city's Landmarks Preservation Law. The LPC is responsible for protecting New York City's architecturally, historically, and cu ...

br>"John Rankin House Designation Report"
(July 14, 1970) p.248 ''See also:'' Designated New York City landmark in 1970, National Register of Historic Places in 1978. **

Fort Greene Historic District Fort Greene Historic District is a national historic district in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, New York, New York. It consists of 1,158 contributing buildings, two contributing sites, one contributing object, and two contributing structures. It is cha ...

, townhouses built between 1840 and 1890. The park was built on the site of fortifications built in 1776 and 1814. ''See also:'' Also located in the district is the

Brooklyn Academy of Music The Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) is a performing arts venue in Brooklyn, New York City, known as a center for progressive and avant-garde performance. It presented its first performance in 1861 and began operations in its present location in ...

. ''See also:'' ''See also:'' It was listed on the

in 1983 and expanded in 1984. * 1841 – ''

Brooklyn Daily Eagle :''This article covers both the historical newspaper (1841–1955, 1960–1963), as well as an unrelated new Brooklyn Daily Eagle starting 1996 published currently'' The ''Brooklyn Eagle'' (originally joint name ''The Brooklyn Eagle'' and ''King ...

'' newspaper begins publication in October, endures until 1955, with a revival in 1962–1963 and after 1996 by different owners. **

U.S. Department of the Navy The United States Department of the Navy (DoN) is one of the three military departments within the United States Department of Defense, Department of Defense of the United States of America. It was established by an Act of Congress on 30 April ...

at the

begins 10-year project to build its third granite

dry dock A dry dock (sometimes drydock or dry-dock) is a narrow basin or vessel that can be flooded to allow a load to be floated in, then drained to allow that load to come to rest on a dry platform. Dry docks are used for the construction, maintenance, ...

. First use of a steam-powered pile driver in the United States. * 1843 – The Brooklyn Institute formed. ** Joseph Sprague is elected the

and served from 1843 to 1844. * 1844 – Bridge Street Methodist Church of the Bridge Street Methodist Church built. * 1845 – Brooklyn Female Academy, (later Packer Collegiate Institute) established. ** Thomas G. Talmage is elected the

and just served one year, 1845. **

Boerum Hill Historic District Boerum Hill Historic District is a national historic district in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, New York, New York. It originally consisted of 238 contributing residential rowhouses and a few commercial buildings built between 1845 and 1890. Most are t ...

(later

historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from c ...

) in

Boerum Hill, Brooklyn Boerum Hill (pronounced ) is a small neighborhood in the northwestern portion of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, bounded by Schermerhorn Street to the north and Fourth Avenue to the east. The western border is variously given as either Sm ...

begins construction. ''See also:'' and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. * 1846 – Francis B. Stryker is elected the

and served from 1846 to 1848. * 1847 ** Church of the Holy Trinity (later merges with St. Ann Church) built. **

Central Presbyterian Church Central Presbyterian Church may refer to: ;in Canada: * Central Presbyterian Church (Hamilton) ;in the United States: * Central Presbyterian Church (Little Rock, Arkansas), listed on the NRHP in Arkansas * Central Presbyterian Church (Denver, ...

(previously Brooklyn Tabernacle) established. **

State Street Houses State Street Houses describes 23 Greek Revival and Italianate rowhouses built between 1847 and 1874 and located at 291-299 (odd) and 290-324 (even) State Street between Smith and Hoyt Streets in the Boerum Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York C ...

, 23

rowhouses In architecture and city planning, a terrace or terraced house (British English, UK) or townhouse (American English, US) is a form of medium-density housing that originated in Europe in the 16th century, whereby a row of attached dwellings party ...

built between 1847 and 1874 on State Street between Smith and Hoyt Streets in the

Boerum Hill Boerum Hill (pronounced ) is a small neighborhood in the northwestern portion of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, bounded by Schermerhorn Street to the north and Fourth Avenue to the east. The western border is variously given as either Sm ...

neighborhood. ''See also:'' p.240 * 1848 **

Cypress Hills Cemetery Cypress Hills Cemetery is non-sectarian/non-denominational cemetery corporation organized in the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens in New York City, the first of its type in the city. The cemetery is run as a non-profit organization and is loca ...

established. ** Hawkins Circulating Library begins its business and literary operations. **

Brooklyn Borough Hall Brooklyn Borough Hall is a building in Downtown Brooklyn, New York City. It was designed by architects Calvin Pollard and Gamaliel King in the Greek Revival style, and constructed of Tuckahoe marble under the supervision of superintendent Ste ...

was built as the City Hall & designed by architects Calvin Pollard and

Gamaliel King Gamaliel King ( Shelter Island, New York, 1 December 1795 — 6 December 1875) was an American architect who practiced in New York City and the adjacent city of Brooklyn, where he was a major figure in Brooklyn civic and ecclesiastical architectu ...

in the Greek Revival style of architecture, and constructed of

Tuckahoe marble Tuckahoe marble (also known as Inwood and Westchester marble) is a type of marble found in southern New York state and western Connecticut. Part of the Inwood Formation of the Manhattan Prong, it dates from the Late Cambrian to the Early Ordovici ...

. * 1849 –

Cemetery of the Evergreens The Cemetery of the Evergreens, also called Evergreen Cemetery, is a non-denominational rural cemetery along the Cemetery Belt in Brooklyn and Queens, New York. It was incorporated in 1849, not long after the passage of New York's Rural Cemetery ...

established. ** Edward Copland is elected the

and just served one year, 1849.

1850s

* 1850 ** Plymouth Church built. **

Brooklyn Law Library Brooklyn () is a Boroughs of New York City, borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. Kings County is the most populous Administrative divisions of New York (state)#County, county i ...

founded. ** An area later designated as the

Greenpoint Historic District Greenpoint Historic District is a national historic district in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York, New York. It consists of 363 contributing commercial and residential buildings built between 1850 and 1900. It includes both substantial and modest ...

was built up between 1850 and 1900. ''See also:'' ''and'' & is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. ** Samuel Smith is elected the

and just served one year, 1850. ** Population: 138,882. * 1851 ** Conklin Brush is elected the

from 1851 to 1852. * 1852 – Brooklyn Athenaeum and Reading Room founded. In 1869 it merged with the Mercantile Library. In 1878 the amalgamated libraries were renamed as the present

Brooklyn Public Library The Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) is the public library system of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It is the sixteenth largest public library system in the United States by holding and the seventh by number of visitors. Like the two othe ...

. ** At the

, a young Naval Surgeon named

E. R. Squibb Edward Robinson Squibb (July 4, 1819October 25, 1900) was a medical doctor, a leading American inventor, and manufacturer of pharmaceutics who founded E. R. Squibb and Sons, which eventually became part of the modern pharmaceutical giant Bristol ...

seeks assignment to the Naval Hospital where he perfects manufacture of an

anesthetic An anesthetic (American English) or anaesthetic (British English; see spelling differences) is a drug used to induce anesthesia ⁠— ⁠in other words, to result in a temporary loss of sensation or awareness. They may be divided into two ...

known as "

ether In organic chemistry, ethers are a class of compounds that contain an ether group—an oxygen atom connected to two alkyl or aryl groups. They have the general formula , where R and R′ represent the alkyl or aryl groups. Ethers can again be c ...

". ** Construction starts on the South Bushwick Reformed Presbyterian Dutch Church, (a.k.a. the "White Church"), later placed on the

in 1982.
Alumni Catalogue of New York University, 1833–1905: College, Applied Science and Honorary Alumni
'. (New York: General Alumni Society of New York University, 1906), 8.
Fortieth Anniversary of the Inauguration of the Rev. S. M. Woodbridge, D.D., LL.D., as Professor in the Theological Seminary of the Reformed (Dutch) Church in America at New Brunswick, 1857–1897
'. (New Brunswick, New Jersey: New Brunswick Theological Seminary Alumni Association, 1897), 4. It was listed on the

in 1982. **

Seth Low Seth Low (January 18, 1850 – September 17, 1916) was an American educator and political figure who served as the mayor of Brooklyn from 1881 to 1885, the president of Columbia University from 1890 to 1901, a diplomatic representative of t ...

(1850–1916), born in Brooklyn and was the

from 1882 to 1885 * 1853 ** Brooklyn Branch of the YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association) established, later part of YMCA of Greater New York. **

Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn The Diocese of Brooklyn is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in the U.S. state of New York. It is headquartered in Brooklyn and its territory encompasses the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens. T ...

established. ** Edward A. Lambert is elected the

from 1853 to 1854. **

Brooklyn, Baltimore Brooklyn is one of the southernmost neighborhoods in Baltimore, Maryland. It is located near Anne Arundel County, Maryland, Anne Arundel County along Albert C. Ritchie, Governor Ritchie Highway which is also Maryland Route 2. Its main roads are ...

, named specifically after the New York town, established in

Maryland Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to ...

. Later cities and towns adopt "Brooklyn" name, or "Brooklyn Park", "Brooklyn Heights", "Brooklyn Center", and "New Brooklyn" in Ohio, Minnesota, etc. * 1854 **

Packer Collegiate Institute The Packer Collegiate Institute is an independent college preparatory school for students from pre-kindergarten through grade 12. Formerly the Brooklyn Female Academy, Packer has been located at 170 Joralemon Street in the historic district of Br ...

opens. ** "Brooklyn Excelsiors", one of organized professional baseball's first teams formed. ** Lawrence & Foulks shipyard in operation in Williamsburg area of Brooklyn. * 1855 ** Additional geographic areas of

Bushwick Bushwick is a neighborhood in the northern part of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It is bounded by the neighborhood of Ridgewood, Queens, to the northeast; Williamsburg to the northwest; East New York and the cemeteries of Highland Par ...

, Greenpoint, and Williamsburg become part of the City of Brooklyn. ** "

Brooklyn Atlantics The Atlantic Base Ball Club of Brooklyn ("Atlantic" or the "Brooklyn Atlantics") was baseball's first champion and its first dynasty. The team was also the first baseball club to visit the White House in 1865 at the invitation of President And ...

" baseball team formed as another early club of newly-organizing baseball. **

Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute The New York University Tandon School of Engineering (commonly referred to as Tandon) is the engineering and applied sciences school of New York University. Tandon is the second oldest private engineering and technology school in the United Sta ...

opens and become a nationally renowned mathematical, engineering and scientific institution. ** George Hall is elected the

from 1855 to 1856. * 1857 ** Several young men with merchants, manufacturers, business people establish the Brooklyn Mercantile Library Association of the City of Brooklyn, which later merged with others and became the Brooklyn Public Library. ** Friends Meetinghouse built, with later addition of school, by

Society of Friends Quakers are people who belong to a historically Protestant Christian set of denominations known formally as the Religious Society of Friends. Members of these movements ("theFriends") are generally united by a belief in each human's abili ...

("Quakers"). ** Philharmonic Society of Brooklyn (and later Brooklyn Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra) formed. ** Naval Surgeon

starts his own pharmaceutical company outside the

, which provides the majority of medical supplies for the

Union Army During the American Civil War, the Union Army, also known as the Federal Army and the Northern Army, referring to the United States Army, was the land force that fought to preserve the Union (American Civil War), Union of the collective U.S. st ...

during the

Civil War A civil war or intrastate war is a war between organized groups within the same state (or country). The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government policies ...

. ** Construction starts on Hanson Place Baptist Church, later called Hanson Place Seventh-day Adventist Church. The church was designated a

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in 1970, and was listed on the

in 1980. ** Samuel S. Powell is elected the

from 1857 to 1860. * 1858 **

Ridgewood Reservoir Ridgewood Reservoir is a decommissioned 19th century reservoir and freshwater wetland that sits on the Brooklyn–Queens border in New York City, within what is now Highland Park. Although the reservoir was originally built to secure a reliable ...

constructed, providing additional water capacity for

waterworks Water supply is the provision of water by public utilities, commercial organisations, community endeavors or by individuals, usually via a system of pumps and pipes. Public water supply systems are crucial to properly functioning societies. Thes ...

system for Brooklyn. ** Second Unitarian Church built. ** The

-built and the British

's meet mid-ocean, making the first attempt to lay the first

Transatlantic telegraph cable Transatlantic telegraph cables were undersea cables running under the Atlantic Ocean for telegraph communications. Telegraphy is now an obsolete form of communication, and the cables have long since been decommissioned, but telephone and data a ...

. It soon breaks down. * 1859 – St. Francis College established. **

Larry Corcoran Lawrence J. Corcoran (August 10, 1859 – October 14, 1891) was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball. He was born in Brooklyn, New York. Corcoran debuted in the 1880 season, where he won 43 games and led the Chicago team to the National ...

, an especially skilled American

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in early

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born in Brooklyn. Credited with creating first method of signaling pitches to his catcher.

1860s

Brooklyn Museum - Brooklyn Sanitary Fair - overall

The Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch at Grand Army Plaza

* 1860 – Population: 266,661. **

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built 1860–1868 in

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. Now a

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Williamsburg, Brooklyn Williamsburg is a Neighborhoods in Brooklyn, neighborhood in the New York City borough (New York City), borough of Brooklyn, bordered by Greenpoint, Brooklyn, Greenpoint to the north; Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, Bedford–Stuyvesant to the s ...

. * 1861 **

is inaugurated; presents its first performance **

becomes

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. ** Brooklyn played a major role with its industrial resources and vast population in supplying troops and materiel for the American Civil War, with such regiments as the 14th Brooklyn, known as the "Red Legged Devils". They fought from 1861 to 1864 and wore red the entire war. * 1862 ** Court House built. ** Park Theatre opens. ** Coney Island and Brooklyn Railroad begins operating. ** Cypress Hills National Cemetery the only United States National Cemetery in New York City, established to honor

veterans. It also has graves of soldiers who fought in the

, Spanish–American War, Korean War and Vietnam War. ** Continental Iron Works, builder of revolutionary naval iron-clad warship , established on

waterfront. * 1863 – Brooklyn Historical Society, Long Island Historical Society (later known as the Brooklyn Historical Society) founded. * 1864 ** Brooklyn Sanitary Fair held to provide relief funds and medical supplies along with orphan and widows' assistance for

soldiers, sailors and veterans, held by the United States Sanitary Commission. ** Dime Savings Bank of Williamsburgh incorporated. ** Alfred M. Wood (April 19, 1825 – July 28, 1895), the

from 1864 to 1865 & was an officer in the 14th Brooklyn during the Civil War. * 1865 – Tilyou's Surf House established, Coney Island. ** Prospect Heights Historic District (New York City), Prospect Heights Historic District, built between 1865 and about 1900 in a variety of architectural styles popular in the late-19th century. ''See also:'' It was listed on the

in 1983. * 1866 – St. Paul's Church (Brooklyn, New York), St. Paul's Church built. ** Samuel Rooth is elected the

from 1866 to 1867. * 1867 ** Grand Army Plaza laid out in commemoration of the victorious

and its subsequent veterans organization, the Grand Army of the Republic. ** Charles Pratt and Company formed. ** Prospect Park (Brooklyn), Prospect Park, a 585-acre park in Brooklyn and designed by famous architects Frederick Law Olmsted & Calvert Vaux. ** St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Brooklyn, New York), St. Paul's Episcopal Church, built 1867–1884, designed by Richard Upjohn Richard M. Upjohn, & Son in the Gothic revival architecture, High Victorian Gothic style. It was added to the

in 1989. * 1868 – Apostolic Faith Mission (Brooklyn, New York), Quaker Meeting House built. * 1869 ** Brooklyn Fire Department founded. ** Gowanus Canal built. ** Adelphi University, Adelphi Academy chartered.

1870s

* 1870 ** St. John's University (New York), St. John's College opens. ** Population of the city of Brooklyn in the 1870 United States Census: 396,099. ** Construction starts on what is now the Stuyvesant Heights Historic District, in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood. Buildings are mostly two and three-story

with high basements, with a few multiple dwellings and institutional structures. ''See also:'' ''See also:'' * 1873 ** Samuel S. Powell is elected the

from 1872 to 1873. * 1874 ** Construction starts on Ocean Parkway (Brooklyn) & extends over a distance of about five miles (8 km), running almost north to south from the vicinity of Prospect Park to Brighton Beach. ** Construction starts on Flatbush Town Hall, a historic Seat of local government, town hall, designed by John Y. Culyer in the Gothic Revival architecture, High Victorian Gothic style in the John Ruskin, Ruskinian mode. p.711 It is a two-story masonry building on a stone foundation, and features a three-story bell tower with a steep hip roof. * 1875 ** Williamsburgh Savings Bank is built and designed by George B. Post and today is a New York City Landmarks and on the National Register of Historic Places. * 1876 – Brooklyn Theater Fire * Frederick A. Schroeder is the

from 1876 to 1877. * 1878 ** BMT Brighton Line, Brighton Beach Line begins operating. ** Brighton Beach Hotel opens. ** James Howell is elected the

from 1878 to 1881. * 1879 ** Brighton Beach Race Course opens. ** Gage and Tollner restaurant opens.

1880s

* 1880 ** Weir Greenhouse in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, Sunset Park was built in 1880 and significantly rebuilt and enlarged in 1895. ''See also:'' It was listed on the

in 1984. ** Population: 599,495. * 1883 ** Brooklyn Bridge opens, spanning the lower

from New York's Manhattan Island near South Street Seaport vicinity to the

. ** History of the Brooklyn Dodgers, Brooklyn Grays baseball team formed. ** Brooklyn Beef Company begins business. * 1884 ** Famous author and humorist Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) and George W. Cable entertain with readings and storytelling at the

. * 1885 – Brooklyn Elevated Railroad begins operating. * 1886 – New Lots, Brooklyn, New Lots becomes part of Brooklyn. ** 75th Police Precinct Station House is a three-story, yellow brick building in the Romanesque Revival architecture, Romanesque Revival. ** 68th Police Precinct Station House and Stable, a three-story brick building with carved stone detailing in the Romanesque Revival style. ** Daniel D. Whitney served as

from 1886 to 1887. * 1887 ** Pratt Institute, and Peter Luger Steak House, Luger's Café established. ** St. George's Protestant Episcopal Church (Brooklyn), St. George's Protestant Episcopal Church was built in 1887 in the

style of architecture. It is constructed of red brick with light stone trim in a cruciform plan. ** Brooklyn Academy of Photography incorporated. * 1888 ** Old First Reformed Church, in Park Slope, Brooklyn, Park Slope construction started. p.657 ''See also:'' The church was listed on the

in 1998. ** Church of St. Luke and St. Matthew (Brooklyn, New York) was built in 1888–91 as St. Luke's Protestant Episcopal Church and was designed by John Welch (architect), John Welch in the Romanesque Revival architecture, Romanesque Revival style. ''See also:'' p.644 ** Alfred C. Chapin is elected the Mayor of Brooklyn from 1888 to 1891. * 1889 ** Elliott Buckmaster (1889–1976) – military person; U.S. Navy officer; naval aviator during World War I and World War II was born in Brooklyn. ** Brooklyn Society of Amateur Photographers organized. ** Montauk Club established.

1890s

Brooklyn Museum - Church at Vernon - Claude Monet - overall

Pierre-Auguste Renoir - Les Vignes à Cagnes

Brooklyn Museum - An Out-of-Doors Study - John Singer Sargent - overall

* 1890 – Population: 838,547, according to the 1890 United States Census, making Brooklyn the fourth largest city in America. ** The United States Department of the Navy, U.S. Navy Department at the

on the

, ship naming and launching, launches a battleship of a new generation, the . Eight years later its explosion triggered the short Spanish–American War. * 1891 – Old First Reformed Church built. ** Boy's High School built and today is regarded as "one of Brooklyn's finest buildings".''Brooklyn: A State of Mind'', Michael W. Robbins, Wendy Palitz, Workman Publishing, 2001, p. 228. ** Twenty third Regiment Armory, 23rd Regiment Armory, in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, Crown Heights area, built 1891–95. Placed on the New York City Landmarks list and the

administered by the National Park Service, of the United States Department of the Interior, U.S. Department of the Interior p.685 p.272 ** Rockwood Chocolate Factory Historic District, buildings built by Van Glahn Brothers and Rockwood & Company between 1891 and 1928. ''See also:'' Much of the industrial complex has since been converted to loft apartments. It was listed on the

in 1983. ** African-American (then called "colored" or "Negro") educator and activist Booker T. Washington (1856–1915), president of the Tuskegee Institute in Tuskegee, Alabama delivers a speech on full emancipation of the race at the

. ** United States Navy rear admiral George H. Cooper dies and is buried * 1892 – Soldiers' and Sailors' Arch dedicated to the memory of the veterans and the casualties from the

of which the people and resources of Brooklyn, played a large part. ** Renaissance Apartments, at Hancock Street and Nostrand Avenue in the Bedford-Stuyvesant community constructed. ''See also:'' ** Construction starts on the Grand Prospect Hall, Function hall, banquet hall in Park Slope, Brooklyn, Park Slope. A four-story building in the French Renaissance architecture, French Renaissance style of architecture. ''See also:'' and was listed on the

in 1999. ** The parish house was built at the

. ** David A. Boody is elected the

from 1892 to 1893. * 1893 – Andrews United Methodist Church, Andrews Methodist Church (later United Methodist) built. ** Burlesque, vaudeville and motion pictures star of the 20th Century, Mae West is born in Brooklyn, an American actress, singer, playwright, screenwriter and sex symbol whose entertainment career spanned seven decades. ** Andrews United Methodist Church, Andrews Methodist Church (later United Methodist), a one-story, asymmetrical orange brick church with massive rose window and a three-story, square bell tower. ** Baptist Temple (Brooklyn, New York), Baptist Temple is designed in the Romanesque Revival architecture, Romanesque Revival style of architecture and features a large rose window and three corner towers. ''See also:'' ** Category 3 1893 New York hurricane, hurricane destroys buildings in Coney Island and Brighton Beach. * 1894 ** Towns of Flatbush, Brooklyn, Flatbush,

, and New Utrecht, Brooklyn, New Utrecht become part of the City of Brooklyn. ** Eastern District High School opens. ** Baptist Temple (Brooklyn, New York), Baptist Temple building completed. ** 83rd Precinct Police Station and Stable for the History of the New York City Police Department, Brooklyn City Police was built in the Romanesque Revival architecture, Romanesque Revival style. ''See also:'' ** Charles A. Schieren is elected the

from 1894 to 1895. * 1895 – The Brooklyn Museum founded in a building of , planned to be the largest art museum in the world. ** Brooklyn trolley strike disrupts commerce; National Guard keeps order. * 1896 –

established, separate from the New York Public Library system. ** Brooklyn's expansion of its population and commercial/residential and industrial development had reached its natural municipal boundaries at the Brooklyn, Kings County line with almost all of the available territory is now "urbanization, urbanized". ** Lefferts Manor Historic District, Lefferts Manor established, later becomes a national historic district in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Flatbush. ** Frederick W. Wurster is elected and later becomes the last

. His office is replaced by the Brooklyn Borough President and the Brooklyn City Hall becomes the

. * 1898 – (1 January) City of Brooklyn becomes one of five borough (New York City), boroughs (

, The Bronx, Queens, Staten Island), of the new reorganized City of Greater New York, with a new municipal charter after a long controversy, debate and campaign through the 1890s. Consolidation was opposed by the city's main daily newspaper, the ''

'' * 1899 ** Bay Ridge United Methodist Church, Grace Methodist Episcopal Church built, (later becomes Bay Ridge United Methodist Church). ** Christ Evangelical English Lutheran Church, Christ English Evangelical Lutheran Church built in Romanesque Revival architecture, Romanesque Revival architectural style on Lafayette Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant. Later becomes Rugged Cross Baptist Church and placed on the

by the United States Department of the Interior, U.S. Department of the Interior. ** 1920s and early 1930s Chicago gangster and liquor smuggler against Prohibition of the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, 18th Amendment, Al Capone is born in Park Slope, Brooklyn. ** Prospect Park South, Brooklyn, Prospect Park South begins construction, exclusively for large and expensive houses. ** Saitta House#Saitta House, Saitta House, a two-and-a-half-story, one-family, Queen Anne style architecture in the United States, Queen Anne style of architecture of English-type timbered and stucco dwelling construction on 84th Street, between 11th and 12th Streets, in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn, Dyker Heights, completed ca. 1899 by architect John J. Petit and builder P.J. la Note for Simone Saitta, Simone and Beatrice Saitta (pronounced: sigh-eat-a). ** Al Capone is born in Brooklyn to Italian American, Italian immigrants and was an American gangster who attained fame during the Prohibition in the United States, Prohibition era. ** Walter Berndt (November 22, 1899

, New York (state), New York was a cartoonist known for his long-run comic strip, ''Smitty (comic strip), Smitty'', which he drew for 50 years. * 1900 - Population: 1,166,582.

20th century

1900s

* 1901 – Brooklyn Law School founded. * 1901 – Brighton Derby inaugurated. * Adelaide Hall (1901–1993) – Jazz singer, songwriter, actress is born in Brooklyn and becomes a major figure in the Harlem Renaissance of African-American artistic performances. * 1902 – Ditmas Park Historic District, a national

in the Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, Ditmas Park area and consists of 172 contributing, largely residential buildings built beginning in 1902 to 1914. ''See also:'' and was listed on the

in 1983. * 1903 – Williamsburg Bridge opens, second major span across East River between Borough of Manhattan and Borough of Brooklyn, constructed of revolutionary steel I-beams assemblage. ** The Coney Island Polar Bear Club is founded. ** 1903 to 1911 Dreamland (Coney Island, 1904), Dreamland contained primarily freak shows and an ambitious amusement park that was located at Coney Island, Brooklyn. ** ''Luna Park'' is the name of two amusement parks in Coney Island. The first Luna Park (Coney Island, 1903), Luna Park existed from 1903 to 1944 on the north side of Surf Avenue. A second Luna Park (Coney Island, 2010), Luna Park was opened on the former site of the nearby Astroland amusement park on the south side of Surf Avenue, on May 29, 2010.Hall of Fame / Inventor Profile: Theophilus Van Kannel
, National Inventors Hall of Fame, USA. * 1905 – Construction starts on the Boathouse on the Lullwater of the Lake in Prospect Park, which was built in 1905–1907 to a classical design of Helmle, Hudswell and Huberty, protégés of New York architectural firm of McKim, Mead and White. ** Senator Street Historic District – consisting of 40 contributing residential buildings (including two garages) built between 1906 and 1912. Later added in 2002 to

, maintained by National Park Service of United States Department of the Interior, U.S. Department of the Interior. ''See also:'' ** The parsonage was built at the

. ** Population: 1,358,686. * 1907- The first live singing performance over radio, when Eugenia Farrar sang "I Love You Truly" and "Just Awearyin' for You" over Dr. Lee de Forest's Amplitude modulation/arc radiotelephone located atop the Parker Building, which was received by the USS Dolphin (PG-24), USS ''Dolphins wireless operator, Oliver A. Wyckoff, while docked at Brooklyn Navy Yard. * 1908 – The

moved to its present location
Brooklyn Academy of Music
* 1909 – Construction is complete on the Manhattan Bridge, third major

span and a gateway into Brooklyn from Canal Street in lower

. ** Shaari Zedek Synagogue was built in 1909–1910, a two-story rectangular brick building with cast stone trim. ''See also:'' and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

1910s

* 1910 ** Brooklyn Botanic Garden founded. ** Population: 1,634.351. * 1912 – Brooklyn Music School founded and owns and operates a four-story building located at 126 St. Felix St. that contains twenty-four classrooms, three dance studios, and a 266-seat Spanish Style theatre. * 1913 – Ebbets Field stadium opens. * 1914 – Church of St. Francis of Assisi and St. Blaise (Brooklyn, New York), Church of St. Francis of Assisi built. * 1915 ** Launched at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Sunk on Sunday, December 7, 1941, in the Pearl Harbor attack. ** Austin, Nichols and Company Warehouse, designed by Cass Gilbert, using reinforced concrete on a huge scale. an
''Accompanying six photos, exterior and interior, from 2006–2007''
/ref> It is now a listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is currently used as an apartment building. ** Eli Wallach, actor, was born in Red Hook, Brooklyn, at 156 Union St.. * 1916 ** Jackie Gleason, an American actor, born in Brooklyn. ** Brooklyn Trust Company built a gigantic building inspired by ancient Roman and Italian Renaissance architecture at 177 Montague Street. The building was landmarked in 1996. The interior is also landmarked. It was listed on the

in 2009. ** Congregational Church of the Evangel, a historic Congregational church in Flatbush, Brooklyn & was built in 1916–1917 and is an asymmetrically massed Late Gothic Revival style building. ** Storehouse No. 2, U.S. Navy Fleet Supply Base was a United States Navy Fleet supply base that was built during World War I. ** Construction starts on the Russian Orthodox Cathedral of the Transfiguration of Our Lord in Greenpoint, with designs by Louis Allmendiger and a plan is based on a Greek cross and is designed in the Russian version of the Byzantine style. ''See also:'' It was listed on the

in 1980. ** Margaret Sanger#Birth control movement, Birth control clinic opens. * 1917 ** 28th President Woodrow Wilson asks in April United States Congress, U.S. Congress to declare war on German Empire and later Austria-Hungary of Central Powers alliance, entering America into World War I. Industries, commerce and people of New York and Brooklyn enter into war mobilization until Armistice, November 11, 1918. ** The New York City Subway's BMT Brighton Line (currently the ) opens, after being rebuilt from a steam railroad to a rapid transit line. ** Red Auerbach born. coach of basketball teams including the Boston Celtics. * 1918 ** Brooklyn Army Terminal is a large complex of warehouses, offices, piers, Dock (maritime), docks, crane (machine), cranes, rail sidings and cargo loading equipment on between 58th and 63rd Streets in waterfront Sunset Park, Brooklyn, Sunset Park. It is now leased and managed by the New York City Economic Development Corporation as a center for dozens of light manufacturing, warehousing and back-office businesses. ** New York Congregational Home for the Aged opens in Brooklyn, constructed in three stages; the center section and east pavilion in 1918, west pavilion in 1921, and a west wing in 1927. ''See also:'' New York Congregational Home for the Aged was listed on the

in 2008. ** Carlton Avenue YMCA opens.

1920s

* 1920 – Temple Beth El of Borough Park, now known as "Young Israel Beth El" of Borough Park, Brooklyn, Borough Park, is a historic synagogue in Borough Park, Brooklyn and was built between 1920 and 1923. ''See also:'' * 1921 – Magen David Synagogue (Brooklyn), Magen David Synagogue, a Sephardic Jewish synagogue in Brooklyn. * 1921 – Zander Hollander is born in Brooklyn, United Press International journalist and in the mid-1960s by becoming what ''Sports Illustrated'' called "the unofficial king of sports paperbacks" — particularly a once wildly popular series of * 1922 - Brooklyn Technical High School, Brooklyn Tech opens. * 1924 – Ocean Parkway Jewish Center, built between 1924 and 1926 and is a stone clad Classical Revival, Neoclassical style building. ** Buddy Hackett [born "Leonard Hacker"]; (August 31, 1924 – June 30, 2003): American comedian and actor in film, motion pictures, television and live acts and theatre, was born in

, New York City, the son of a Jewish upholsterer. He grew up on 54th Street and 14th Avenue in Borough Park, Brooklyn, Borough Park.Hackett, Buddy. ''I've Got A Secret'', October 3, 1966. * 1925 – Park Slope Jewish Center – known from 1942 to 1960 as Congregation B'nai Jacob – Tifereth Israel, is a Conservative synagogue in South Slope, Brooklyn, South Slope, a 2 1⁄2-story brick building with Romanesque Revival architecture, Romanseque Revival and Baroque architecture, Baroque style elements. ** Young Israel of Flatbush, a historic synagogue in the Midwood, Brooklyn, Midwood neighborhood of Brooklyn that was built between 1925 and 1929 and is a three-story Moorish architecture, Moorish-inspired style building. ''See also:'' * 1926 – Born in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn is actor, director and producer and live stage performances comedian Mel Brooks, who occasionally starred in his own produced features. – actor, comedian, film director, film producer and screenwriter. ** East Midwood Jewish Center, a Conservative Judaism, Conservative synagogue located at 1625 Ocean Avenue, Midwood, Brooklyn, Midwood section of Brooklyn, construction started in 1926 and was finished in 1929 in the Neo-Renaissance, Renaissance revival style of architecture. * 1927 – Coney Island Cyclone, a historic wooden roller coaster, that opened on June 26, 1927, in the Coney Island section of Brooklyn facing the Atlantic Ocean resort beaches at a cost of $175,000. ** Jerry Stiller comedian and actor (born June 8, 1927) in Brooklyn. * 1926 – Beth El Jewish Center of Flatbush. It features Byzantine architecture, Byzantine and

decorative elements and is a landmark in the Flatbush, Brooklyn, Flatbush area. ''See also:'' & is located in Flatbush, Brooklyn. * 1928 – Congregation Beth Israel (Brooklyn, New York), Congregation Beth Israel, a two-story, rectangular buff brick building with Romanesque Revival architecture, Romanesque Revival and Classical Revival architecture, Classical Revival of Greek Revival architecture, Greco–Roman architecture, Roman style elements. ** Jewish Center of Kings Highway, a historic synagogue in Flatbush, Brooklyn, Flatbush. ** Bill Benulis was an People of the United States, American comic book artist in the 1950s, born in Brooklyn. ** Kol Israel Synagogue, a historic synagogue in the Crown Heights, Brooklyn, Crown Heights community of Brooklyn. ** Parkway Theatre opens, ''See also:'' It was listed on the

in 2010. * 1929 – Williamsburgh Savings Bank, Williamsburgh Savings Bank Tower was built. At the time of construction, it was the tallest office building in Brooklyn, at Flatbush and Atlantic Avenues.

1930s

* 1933 - Born in Brooklyn is television talk-show host and interviewer Larry King – ** IND Culver Line () opens to Church Avenue (IND Culver Line), Church Avenue; extended to Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue (New York City Subway), Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue along former BMT Culver Line in 1955 ** The Manhattanville Resolutions advocates for desegregation and the civil rights of African Americans. * 1935 ** Sandy Koufax – baseball player is born in (Borough Park, Brooklyn, Borough Park), Brooklyn. A left-handed

, he played his entire

(MLB) career for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers, from 1955 to 1966. Youngest player ever elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. ** Woody Allen – Woody Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; December 1, 1935) is an American screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, author, playwright, and musician whose career spans over 50 years is born in Brooklyn ** United States Post Office (Kensington, Brooklyn), historic brick post office building in the Colonial Revival architecture, Colonial Revival style. For much of its history it was painted white. National Register of Historic Places listings in Kings County, New York, NRHP. ''See also:'' ** Prospect Park Zoo opened. * 1936 – United States Post Office (Bensonhurst, Brooklyn), United States Post Office, a two-story, flat roofed red brick building with a one-story rear wing in the Colonial Revival architecture, Colonial Revival style. ''See also:'' ** United States Post Office (Williamsburg, Brooklyn), United States Post Office, opened as Station "A", historic post office building at Williamsburg in Brooklyn, in the Colonial Revival architecture, Colonial Revival style. National Register of Historic Places listings in Kings County, New York, NRHP ''See also:'' ** United States Post Office (Flatbush, Brooklyn) a historic post office building, a symmetrical, two-story, red brick building with a gable roof and a large one-story rear wing. ''See also:'' **Louis Gossett Jr.Born: May 27, 1936, Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn and a lifetime fan of the History of the Brooklyn Dodgers, Brooklyn Dodgers Louis Gossett Jr LF

** The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences merges with the Brooklyn Academy of Music. * 1938 – John Corigliano, a famous composer who won an Academy Award, Pulitzer Prize for Music & Grammy Award was born in Midwood, Brooklyn ** Elliott Gould an American actor born in Brooklyn. * 1939 – The original Kosciuszko Bridge opens. ** Parachute Jump, an amusement ride built for the 1939 New York World's Fair. In 1941 it moved to Coney Island,

, New York, and operated as part of Steeplechase Park until the 1960s. National Register of Historic Places listings in Kings County, New York, NRHP.

1940s

* Richie Havens born in Brooklyn, January 21, 1941, singer. * 1941–1945, At its peak, during World War II, the

employed 70,000 people, 24 hours a day. ** December 7, 1941, the Attack on Pearl Harbor brings the United States into World War II the next day. ** 1942, Born in Brooklyn is Tony Sirico, actor who played Paulie Gualtieri, Peter Paul "Paulie Walnuts" Gualtieri a fictional character on the HBO TV series ''The Sopranos''. ** 1942 – Lou Reed born in Brooklyn, rock musician & songwriter. ** Joy Behar is an American comedian, writer, actress was born in Williamsburg, Brooklyn * 1944 – Elevated railways removed from the Brooklyn Bridge * 1947 – Arlo Guthrie, born in Coney Island, Brooklyn, singer. ** Larry David (born in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, July 2, 1947), comedian, writer, actor, and television producer. * 1949 – Lyle Alzado, born in Brooklyn, professional American football player. He played 15 seasons, splitting his time between the Denver Broncos, the Cleveland Browns, and finally the Los Angeles Raiders, with whom he won a championship in Super Bowl XVIII. ** Jackie Robinson House was a Brooklyn home of baseball great Jackie Robinson from 1947 when he was earned Rookie of the Year with the Brooklyn Dodgers through 1949 when he was voted Most Valuable Player. It was declared a

in 1976. and

1950s

* 1950 – Streetcar service discontinued on Brooklyn Bridge and other bridges. * 1951 – Tony Danza born April 21, 1951, Comedic actor in television. * 1953 – Academy Award winner Ken Burns born. (born July 29, 1953) * 1954 – Jerry Seinfeld, (born April 29, 1954, in Brooklyn)), American comedian, actor, director, writer, and producer and famous for Seinfeld. * 1955 – ''Brooklyn Eagle'' daily newspaper in the borough since 1841, ceases publication after 114 years following labor strike. * 1956 – 1956 Bush Terminal explosion, Sunset Park * 1957 – Vilyam Genrikhovich Fisher, resident Soviet Union, Soviet spy, is arrested. ** Steve Buscemi, actor and director born. ** New York Aquarium relocates from Castle Garden in Battery Park,

to Coney Island. ** Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team and franchise in the National League of major league baseball departs for Los Angeles along with similar move by New York Giants (NL), New York Giants to San Francisco. ** Andrew Dice Clay (born "Andrew Clay Silverstein") controversial American comedian and motion picture actor * 1959 ** Vincent D'Onofrio born on June 30, 1959. Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Actor, director, film producer, writer, and singer.

1960s

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* 1961 – Actor, comedian, and writer Charlie Murphy (actor), Charlie Murphy is born in Brooklyn. Charlie is also known for his work with his younger brother Eddie Murphy. ** Brooklyn-Queens Expressway in operation. ** Eddie Murphy is born in Brooklyn. A comedian, actor, writer, singer, director, and musician. He was a regular cast member on ''Saturday Night Live'' from 1980 to 1984 and has worked as a stand-up comedian. * 1963 ** The revised (1963) New York City Charter creates Community boards of New York City, community boards within each borough. ** Mark Breland (born 1963) – actor and boxing, boxer; five-time New York Golden Gloves champion and won a gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics, 1984 Olympics. * 1964 - Verrazano-Narrows Bridge opens November 21, providing a gateway to suburban-style living for thousands of Italian-American Brooklynites. * 1965 – Brooklyn Heights Historic District was named a

in January 1965, designated a New York City Landmark in November 1965, and added to the

in October 1966. and **Saint Ann's School (Brooklyn), Saint Ann's School, considered one of New York's most prestigious private schools, and well known for its lack of formal grading, is founded in Brooklyn Heights * 1966 – Closing of the

. ** The New Utrecht Reformed Church received landmark status. ''See also:'' ** Flatbush Town Hall was designated a New York City Landmark. * 1967 –

was declared a National Historic Landmark. The house is estimated to have been built in 1652, it is the oldest surviving example of a Dutch saltbox frame house in America, and was one of the first structures built by Europeans on

. * 1969 ** Shirley Chisholm becomes U.S. representative for New York's 12th congressional district. ** Darren Aronofsky an American film director, screenwriter and film producer was born in Brooklyn, the son of public school teachers. He grew up in the borough's Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn, Manhattan Beach neighborhood and graduated from Edward R. Murrow High School.

1970s

* 1970 – John Rankin House (Brooklyn, New York) – one of the finest Greek Revival houses in the city was designated a New York City landmark. * 1971 – ''The French Connection (film), The French Connection'' is filmed in Brooklyn and is an American Drama film, dramatic thriller film about crime, detectives, and the increasing worldwide nature of drug smuggling. * 1972 – The Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York (A.R.T./New York), founded in 1972, A.R.T./New York serves nearly 400 not-for-profit theatres throughout New York City. Its South Oxford Space in the Cultural District houses twenty-one performing arts organizations. ** Flatbush Town Hall was listed on the

. ** "Bang on a Can" founded as a twelve-hour music festival, later much expanded. * 1973 –

were designated New York City landmarks, built between 1847 and 1874 in the

neighborhood. * 1974 – "Quarters A" (commander's house) at the old

was declared a

. and **

consists of 15 contributing buildings built between 1830 and 1895 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The district was the site of the terminus of the Fulton Ferry (ferry), Fulton Ferry. Today the area holds many popular attractions such as Pier One of Brooklyn Bridge Park, and Grimaldi's pizza. ** Jimmy Fallon was born on September 19, 1974, in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, Bay Ridge. Television host, performer and producer, hosting a later night-time variety show. Fallon was best known as a cast member on ''Saturday Night Live'' – Host of Weekend Updatefrom 1998 to 2004 and was host of ''Late Night with Jimmy Fallon'' from 2009 to 2014. * 1975 The movie Dog Day Afternoon, set and filmed in Brooklyn starring Al Pacino, is released. * 1976 – Cobble Hill Historic District and consists of 796 contributing, largely residential buildings built between the 1830s and 1920s. It includes fine examples of Greek Revival architecture, Greek Revival, Italianate architecture, Italianate, and Queen Anne Style architecture, Queen Anne style Terraced housing, row houses and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. **

was declared a National Historic Landmark. Historians estimate that the Wyckoff-Bennett Homestead was constructed before 1766. During the

, it housed Hessian soldiers, two of whom, Captain Toepfer of the Ditfourth regiment and Lieut. M. Bach of the Hessen-Hanau Artillerie, scratched their names and units into windowpanes. ** New York Transit Museum opens on July 4 in the old Court Street terminus for the IND Fulton Street Line. * 1977 – ''Saturday Night Fever'', a musical film, starring John Travolta, in his break-out major role, is filmed in Brooklyn. Famous also for using the disco music soundtrack by The Beegees. ** 23rd Regiment Armory was designated a New York City landmark. ** Horror film The Sentinel (1977 film), The Sentinet, filmed in Brooklyn Heights, is released January 7. * 1978 – John Rankin House (Brooklyn, New York) – one of the finest Greek Revival houses in the city was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

1980s

* 1980 – Park Slope Historic District was listed on the

. and consists of 1,802 contributing buildings built between 1862 and about 1920. The 33 block district is almost exclusively residential and located adjacent to Prospect Park (Brooklyn), Prospect Park. ** 23rd Regiment Armory was listed on the

for its historic and distinct architecture. ** United American Muslim Association headquartered in Brooklyn. **

, 23 Greek Revival architecture, Greek Revival and Italianate architecture, Italianate

built between 1847 and 1874 and located at 291–299 (odd) and 290–324 (even) State Street between Smith and Hoyt Streets in the

neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City. were listed on the National Register of Historic Places. * 1982 – Motion picture ''Sophie's Choice (film), Sophie's Choice'' is filmed in Brooklyn ** Astral Apartments, historic apartment building in Brooklyn & built in 1885–1886 as affordable housing for employees of Charles Pratt's Astral Oil Works was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 * 1983 – Astral Apartments (1885–1886) are designated a List of New York City Designated Landmarks in Brooklyn, City Landmark. ** Brooklyn Army Terminal (built in 1918 for World War I) was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. The listing includes 11 contributing buildings on an area of . an
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** Carroll Gardens Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Placesc and consists of 134 contributing residential Terraced house, rowhouses built between the 1860s and 1880s. They are two and three-story brownstone buildings in Greek Revival architecture, neo-Grec and Italianate architecture, late Italianate styles featuring uniform setbacks, even cornice lines and stoop levels, and fenced front yards and landscaped gardens. ''See also:'' ** Cypress Avenue West Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and includes 440 contributing buildings built between 1888 and 1906. They consist mainly of brick two and three-story row houses with one apartment per floor and three-story tenements with two apartments per floor. **

is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and consists of 238 contributing residential Terraced house, rowhouses and a few commercial buildings built between 1845 and 1890. Most are three bay, three-story brick buildings with projecting stoops in a Greek Revival architecture, Greek Revival or Italianate architecture, Italianate style. ** Ditmas Park Historic District is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and consists of 172 contributing, largely residential buildings built between 1902 and 1914. It includes fine examples of Colonial Revival architecture, Colonial Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman architecture, Bungalow/Craftsman, and Queen Anne Style architecture, Queen Anne style single family homes. Also in the district is one church, the brick Neo-Georgian architecture, Neo-Georgian style architecture of Flatbush Congregational Church (1910). **

is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, built between 1840 and 1890. Most are faced in sandstone and exhibit characteristics of the Greek Revival architecture, Greek Revival, Italianate architecture, Italianate, Second Empire architecture, Second Empire, and Neo-Greco styles. It includes a 33-acre park designed by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux in 1868. **

is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, consisting of 363 contributing commercial and residential buildings built between 1850 and 1900, including both substantial and modest Terraced house, row houses, numerous walk-up apartment buildings, as well as a variety of commercial buildings including the former Eberhard Faber Pencil Factory, six churches, and two banks. ** Rockwood Chocolate Factory Historic District was listed on the

in 1983. and consists of 16 contributing buildings built between 1891 and 1928. The largest and oldest building (Building 1 and 2) dates to 1891 and is located at the corner of Washington and Park avenues. It is a five-story, Romanesque Revival architecture, Romanesque Revival style building. Much of the complex has been converted to loft apartments. * 1984 – ''Once Upon a Time in America'' is a 1984 Italian epic film, epic crime film, crime drama film co-written and directed by Sergio Leone and starring Robert De Niro and James Woods. It chronicles the lives of Jewish ghetto youths who rise to prominence in New York City's world of organized crime. ''Once Upon a Time in America'' was filmed in Brooklyn. ** Weir Greenhouse, is a historic greenhouse located in Sunset Park, Brooklyn was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was built in 1880 and significantly rebuilt and enlarged in 1895. * 1985 – Clinton Hill Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is made up of 1,063 contributing, largely residential buildings. ** Long Island Historical Society, founded by Henry Pierrepont, (1808–1888) and others in 1863, under a charter from the New England Historic Genealogical Society in Boston, changes its name from LIHS to the Brooklyn Historical Society. Located at 128 Pierrepoint Street near Clinton Street in Brooklyn Heights, New York, Brooklyn Heights, in a historic mansion designed by architect George B. Post in 1878–1881. * 1986 – "No Sleep till Brooklyn" is a song by Beastie Boys as well as the sixth single on their debut studio album ''Licensed to Ill'' is recorded and released the following year. ** Clinton Hill South Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and consists of 246 contributing, largely residential buildings built between the 1850s and 1922. It includes fine examples of Greek Revival architecture, Neo-Grec style Terraced housing, row houses. ** Neil Simon film ''Brighton Beach Memoirs (film), Brighton Beach Memoirs'' is filmed in Brooklyn * 1987 – The movie Radio Days is filmed in Brooklyn and is directed by Woody Allen and is a movie that takes a look back on an American family's life during the Golden Age of Radio using both music and memories to tell the story. * 1988 – 651 ARTS was founded and is committed to developing, producing, and presenting performing arts and cultural programming grounded in the African Diaspora, with a primary focus on contemporary performing arts. 651 ARTS serves the cultural life of New York City, with a particular focus on Brooklyn, one of America's most culturally diverse communities. * 1989 - The movie Do the Right Thing, focused on racial tensions set in Bedford-Stuyvesant, was released. The movie has been named one of the best films of all time and is enshrined in the Library of Congress.

1990s

* 1990 – ''Goodfellas'' is filmed in Brooklyn – a 1990 American crime film directed by Martin Scorsese and was nominated for six Academy Awards. * 1992 – Lefferts Manor Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. ''See also:'' * 1993 – The Boathouse on the Lullwater of the Lake in Prospect Park was seen in Scorsese's movie: ''The Age of Innocence (1993 film), The Age of Innocence'' (1993). * 1995 – Baptist Temple (Brooklyn, New York) was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Constructed in 1893–1894 in the Romanesque Revival architecture, Romanesque Revival style and rebuilt after a fire in 1917–1918. * 1998 – the parish house and the cemetery received landmark status at the

. ** The Carey Playhouse is converted to the four-screen Brooklyn Academy of Music Rose Cinemas, home to BAMcinématek, featuring repertory, independent, and foreign films. ** Brooklyn Academy of Music – BAMcafé Live begins programming free weekend music in the Lepercq Space ** Old First Reformed Church (Brooklyn, New York) was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

21st century

2000s

* 2000 – DUMBO Industrial District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The district includes the earliest large-scale reinforced concrete factory buildings in America. ''See also:'' * 2001 – Brooklyn Cyclones – The team's new park, which was then called KeySpan Park, was completed in time for the 2001 season. Brooklyn had been without professional baseball since 1958. * 2002 – A Memorandum of Understanding was signed by Governor George Pataki and Mayor Michael Bloomberg in 2002 that created Brooklyn Bridge Park. ** The movie Deuces Wild is filmed in Brooklyn & is set in 1958 and Martin Scorsese was the executive producer. ** Senator Street Historic District buildings built between 1906 and 1912. They are all three-story brownstone

in the Renaissance Revival architecture, Neo-Renaissance style. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. * 2003 ** Gun court of law established. ** Williamsburg Houses were designated a New York City Landmark. * 2004 – Renovation of the 80 Arts – James E. Davis Arts Building, completed in Summer 2004, becoming the Downtown Brooklyn Cultural District's first completed project. ** Steiner Studios Opens at the site of the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The 310,000-square-foot facility is the largest and most sophisticated studio complex outside of Hollywood, offering five soundstages and state-of-the-art film and television production facilities.
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ref name="SFC"> ** East Midwood Jewish Center was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. * 2007 – East River State Park opens on May 26 ** Construction starts at Northside Piers, a 29-story – 180-unit building of luxury condominium tower in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. ** Opening of a 400-foot-long recreation pier with the city's finest waterfront sculpture, a dramatic, stainless-steel, curving canopy designed by Brooklyn artist, Mark Gibian and located in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. ** Steiner Studios was the location of the 17th annual Gotham Awards held on November 27, 2007. ** We Own the Night (film), We Own the Night is filmed in Brooklyn, American crime drama film written and directed by James Gray (film director), James Gray. ** ''Brooklyn Ink'' in publication. * 2008 – One Brooklyn Bridge Park, a building that converted 1,000,000+ square foot warehouse building located along Furman Street just south of Joralemon Street with over 400 residential units with 80,000 square feet of ground floor retail, and over 500 parking spaces. ** April 2008, Brooklyn Flea opens. * 2009 – Shaari Zedek Synagogue & Congregation Beth Israel (Brooklyn, New York) were listed on the National Register of Historic Places. ** Brooklyn Academy of Music launches The Bridge Project, a transatlantic partnership with London's Old Vic and Neal Street Productions; productions of Chekhov's ''The Cherry Orchard'' and Shakespeare's ''The Winter's Tale'', directed by Sam Mendes, open at BAM before touring the globe. ** The City Council adopted a plan calling for expansion of the historic amusement area at Coney Island and the creation of new housing and investment in municipal infrastructure.

2010s

* 2010 – Population: 2,504,700. ** Steiner Studios, the largest US film and television production studio complex outside of Hollywood, started an expansion project within the

. ** Young Israel of Flatbush was listed on the

. ** May 29, A second Luna Park (Coney Island, 1903), Luna Park opened on the former site of the Astroland amusement park. in Coney Island. Luna Park includes 19 attractions designed and manufactured by Antonio Zamperla, SpA (Zamperla). Luna Park also operates the historic Coney Island Cyclone, Cyclone Roller Coaster. * 2011 ** In October, it was announced that Douglaston Development, which built the Edge, the adjoining property just to the north of Northside Piers, would build a 40-story rental tower on a site within the Northside Pier complex with construction scheduled to bring in March 2012. ** The Brooklyn Flea opened the Williamsburg location. **

celebrates ''¡Sí Cuba!'', a citywide festival of Cuban culture, with the BAM presentations of Creole Choir and Ballet Nacional de Cuba. * 2012 ** The Brooklyn Flea opened the Dumbo, Brooklyn, DUMBO location at the historic Brooklyn Bridge Park#Tobacco Warehouse and Empire Stores, Tobacco Warehouse. ** In March 2012, Mayor Michael Bloomberg unveiled five new sound stages (a total of ) at Steiner Studios. The new sound stages all feature two or three wall cycloramas. ** On February 2, 2012, the Weir Greenhouse was purchased by the neighboring

, which plans to preserve the greenhouse and restore elements which have decayed in recent years. ** In December 2012, the city approved 50,000 square feet of new creative, cultural, and community space at the "South Site" located at Flatbush Avenue and Lafayette Street. ** In October, the $637 million Barclays Center, where the Brooklyn Nets play, opened. * 2013 ** Saxophone player Fred Ho performed his final performance at the

(BAM) on October 11–12, 2013. In 2009, he received the Harvard Arts Medal. ** Coney Island's historic B&B Carousell is open to the public after a five-year restoration. * 2014 ** In May, the

is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. ** In June, the new Thunderbolt (Luna Park, Coney Island), Thunderbolt roller coaster at Coney Island opens. * 2015 ** In January the movie Brooklyn (film), Brooklyn, filmed in part in Coney Island. ** Hillary Clinton presidential campaign, 2016 headquartered in Brooklyn. ** The landmarks commission designated a 16-block area bounded by Gates Avenue, Fulton Street, Bedford Avenue and Tompkins Avenue as the Bedford Historic District. The 800 largely intact residential buildings represent various styles. * 2017 ** The first of two replacement spans for the Kosciuszko Bridge open.

2020s

* 2022 - January 1: Antonio Reynoso becomes the 20th List of borough presidents of New York City#List of Brooklyn borough presidents, Brooklyn Borough President.

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